Federal government needs to take action on illegal immigration

“Net immigration from Mexico has plummeted to zero thanks to changing demographic and economic conditions on both sides of the border”, according to the Wall Street Journal on April 25.

That said, our federal government needs to take three immediate proactive steps to further address our country’s lax immigration policies and encourage once again the “melting pot” reputation that was instrumental in making our country a world leader.

1. Washington must strictly enforce its laws starting with E-Verify that requires employers to make specific checks prior to hiring a worker.

2. Washington needs to encourage and allow states like Arizona and South Carolina to assist our federal government by allowing these states to enforce their recently enacted illegal immigration laws which addresses undocumented workers in their state. Currently our federal government has taken these states to court in an attempt to declare the state laws unconstitutional.

3. Washington must accelerate the process for admitting qualified, legal immigrants to America with particular emphasis on expediting those skilled workers who are desperately needed in many industries.

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I guess you are talking about illegal aliens crossing the border here?

Janet Naplitano said in a speech to the press that the border crossings have come to a halt during this administration. She said that the DHS is really not needed on the border with Mexico anymore.Just this pass weekend they caught 100 or so children trying to cross the border illegally. So once again she is lying to the public again.

Missy- You rely waaaaaay too much on "Google". Have you ever tried thinking for yourself for a change? ;-)

The Feds are trying to say that, because of the slow economy (thanks you Obama) We are seeing as many illegals leaving as we are seeing coming into America - thus the net zero.
Hey, maybe we should leave Obama in office for the next 4 years so he could screw up the economy even more and we may actually see a NEGHATIVE number of illegals crossing our borders!
-Gotta love liberalism.....

It seems that when SC passed that Arizona type law, illegals headed for the border or some other place. The economy did have an effect, but I think the SC law did the trick. Now if the Obama cretins in the Justice Department would stop suing the states, we might get more illegals out.

I had actually READ her comments about DHS before (in an ARTICLE about immigration)- but never heard a claim of border crossings coming to a HALT. So my question was... When was that said?
(BTW-"border crossings" and "net immigrants" are two completely different figures. You may want to stop trying to think for yourself CG. It is just making you more confused.)

I didn't mean to interrupt this blog with my interest in the TRUTH.

You may now continue to twist & spin, and reiterate every dang word coming from FOX news.....

heron- They are still here, but definitely not as many as during the housing boom. I still see them everyday in places like Grayco and especially the paint stores. I think there are a lot more here (still) than people think though, it's just that many aren't working anymore so we don't see them out and about like we used to. Go to a Mexican restaurant on a friday night or head over to Bluffton Self and you'll see huge crowds! They're just layin' low and living off the taxpayers and charitable organizations now, instead of working for the man and making all that cash.

How can you tell the difference in legal Hispanics and illegal? Lots of legals here and many are registered contractors as in painters or other subcontractors. Even NOB, we have some working on farms year round, but especially during tomato season. ICE agents routinely check the farmers.

If the SC law had not been bogged down by the lawsuit by the feds and being inactive until the SCOTUS makes a decision, LE could be now doing their job.

heron- Because I'm in the contracting business and I speak to them and their employers all the time. Yes, some are legal, but there are a lot that aren't. Plenty of contractors still use illegal labor here.
I also know a lot of people in the golf business. For the most part, the courses here have cleaned up the mess of illegal employees, but a few still have some around.
I know a TON of painters who still have illegals on their payroll, and a TON of drywall companies do as well.

As far as the Latinos in line at the Bluffton Self Help, you are correct, I don't know their legality. But if you don't speak any English, and are going to a charitable organization instead of our government, then I'm guessing that there are several who aren't here legally. But that's just a guess. ;-)

As far as the Supreme Court decision and the Feds lawsuits, I agree. If the Obama admin hadn't started with all of these law suits, we and several other states would be well on our way of cleaning up by now. Sheriff Tanner was trying his best but the funds just aren't there any more.

Thanks to the steady decline in the economy since Bush's presidency, even the illegals can't find work. No more housing boom=no more cutthroat employment practices. I guess I really have to give Bush credit.

No thanks to people like you, who KNOW which companies employ "tons" of illegals yet sit back and do nothing.

BTW Bobcat... welcome! So nice to see new faces around here ;)
You need an avatar though.

Who says I sit back and do nothing? I've done plenty, and still do today. Unfortunately, I can't round them up myself and hand out fines to the employers. That's someone else's job, and they don't seem to be very good at it.

And why thank Bush for the housing crash and poor economy today? The housing crash was a result of liberals wanting everybody to own a home through the CRA. We can thank Carter and Clinton for that fine piece of work.
And Obama has had over 3 years to turn the economy around so this is HIS economy, not Bush's. Reagan turned a worse economy around with conservative ideals. Obama is trying to turn it around with big government spending, liberal ideals. We are now over 5 trillion dollars additional in debt, with very little to show for it - except for happy union workers.
I guess we now know which ideals work and which don't.

Hey, thanks for the "welcome"! ;-) Just call me "newbie". LOL I'm still wondering what to use as a avatar. I'll wait and see how long I stick around first. It's become a little too PC and VERY boring around here.
The BT blogs are NOT what they used to be.

You used Bush's presidency as a time mark, which lots of people do. But as for responsibility, you could also say the decline in the economy was since the Dems took congress. After the GOP took the house, we have seen some slow gains, but it will take kicking Reid and others out of the senate to start making real progress. Remember the economy was flourishing when the GOP had the congress and the WH.

You hit on Bobcat about illegals, but what would you do? Reporting them to local LE is a waste of time with no laws for them to enforce, at least until SCOTUS decides. You might call ICE, but they are busy as it is. And no one can be a vigilante and do a citizens arrest, which are only applicable to local laws, not federal.

Besides alerting Sheriff Tanner about known illegals, where they work, and where they hang out (trust me, he knows most places already), I also use this number to report: 866-347-2423.
I've used that number for years but since the Obama admin came into office, they have changed the rules. They are only interested in deporting illegals who have committed a felony. I guess they consider the rest of them "ok". Besides, the democrats are hoping they will all become voters one day, so they don't want to throw them out. Felons can't vote anyway, so democrats don't care if we toss them out.
Give Obama and the dems 4 more years in power and we will see an amnesty bill of some sort. I guarantee it.

If you know what companies employ illegals, why not spread the word? What companies? Tell us! Or are you just not so sure and you don't want to be accused of slander?
Do you sub-contract those companies? Use their services? I sure hope not. Tell me who... and I won't use them either.

Bobcat & Heron... the economy is slowly, consistantly improving. We avoided another recession last year even when their was a global banking crisis. The stock market has been steady. Consumer confidence is high.
Reagan's situation was completely different. That recession was brought on by high inflation & unemployment. You really can't compare the two.

Actually, consumers can do more about illegals if they were so motivated. For instance anyone that hires a contractor or any work like landscaping should ask to see a copy of their business license, either county or municipal. I know the county requires any business with a license to show I-9s. In fact, before I retired, they audited my employee records and were auditing other businesses.

Sure, it's possible that a licensed business may still use some illegals, but if they deduct wages, they have to show each employee earning over 600.00 and list their SS number. Any labor expense deduction without listing employees without their wages and the SS number will be a red flag for a IRS audit.

One of the problems is that businesses that use illegals may give the lowest estimate and get the jobs. This could give a homeowner real problems in liability if one of the workers get hurt and the business has no insurance.

I know of one homeowner that hired a roofer to replace their shingles and one worker fell off the roof, breaking his back and was disabled. The roofing company had no insurance and the worker sued the roofer and the homeowner. It turned out that the roofer had little assets and the home owner had to pay 75,000.00 toward the worker's medical expenses. The homeowner's insurance paid 50,000 and the homeowner had to borrow money and make payments over 5 years for the difference.

Bottom line, it is smart to check on the credentials of any one being hired for work around your property.

No Missy, I don't sub any work to companies that employ illegals. I've been burned a few times where a company told me they didn't hire any only to find out differently after they started the project, but I make an effort to try and make sure my subs aren't employing anyone illegally.
I could give you a long list of companies who knowingly hire illegal labor but why bother. They would simply deny it, and others wouldn't believe it. I've notified, what I would consider, the proper authorities. If they don't or won't do anything about it, not much I can do at that point, except not hire those companies.

And where are these indicators that say the economy is improving Missy? You talk about people watching too much Fox news, well apparently you watch too much CNN and MSNBC.
New orders for manufactured goods just went back down to recession levels and are at a 3 year low. ADP predicted that 170k new jobs would be added last month and only slighted more than 100k were added. We need to add around 150k jobs just to break even with population growth and keep the unemployment figures level (the only reason they haven't gone up is because they are cooking the books). Every month for the past several months now, the so called "experts" have predicted way more jobs would be added each month than what we have actually been adding and every month the figures that DO come out end up being "adjusted" at a later date to even LOWER levels than what was announced. Of course, during a democrat administration, those "adjustments" are kept on the hush hush, and when bad news DOES get reported, it's always led with "UNEXSPECTED" loss in jobs"...........or, "Numbers coming out are lower than "expected".
If a republican were in office the press would read....."MORE job losses, as EXPECTED". "Jobless figures are much higher than predicted by administration". Etc.....
On top of everything else, as I briefly mentioned before (about "cooking the books"), the unemployment figures are being manipulated big time by this administration and the Press is allowing them to get away with it. They don't include the millions of people that have given up looking for work in with their unemployment figures (a record 1.2 million dropped out of the labor force just in Feb alone and the labor force population is now at a 30 YEAR low according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics). You also gotta love the "new" added feature that Obama came up with where we not only count NEW jobs created, but "SAVED" jobs as well - which really can't be counted accurately, but they make some figures up to cook the books and make things look as rosy as possible. After all, it IS an election year.
REAL unemployment is closer to 10% and if you count the people who settled for part-time jobs (the UNDER-employed) then it's more like 14-16%.
Keep in mind that Obama said unemployment wouldn't reach 8% if he got his stimulus passed. Oooooops.
Of course, he also said he was going to cut the deficit in half.
Another ooooooops.
The worst part is, he says stuff like that with a straight face.
A sign of a good liar.

The fix is in, and the Press plays right along.
These are sad days here in America.
Especially sad days for our "Free Press" and sad days for the TRUTH.

Did you hear about Wikipedia changing some wording on their site to help cover for Obama's new "Forward" slogan?
Sad indeed, but as I said........the fix is in.

RH- The word "forward" is associated with several socialist networks and Wiki noted that at their site. When the word "forward" became a part of the Obama/Biden campaign slogan, that information was REMOVED from Wiki.
How Orwellian of them to do that for their President.

I don't need to read a bunch of quotes from people using the word "forward" in a positive manner RH. Jeeez, you should work for Obama's campaign.
My point above was, we have a prominent, somewhat respected (by some people anyway) informational website that many people turn to for definitions and information, PURPOSELY ALTERING the information on their site in an effort to cover for the President of the United States in his re-election campaign.
As I said, how Orwellian of them.

Do you not get that, RH?
Or, do you just not care, because in your liberal mindset "the end justifies the means" in your left-wing world. If people are dishonest, it's OK as long as YOUR point of view wins in the end. - right?
How typical.

I guess it's no thanks to Obama that we have avoided a double-dip recession, even when the global economy is in turmoil?
Face it, Bobcat. We are a lot better off than we should be. And things are improving.
As for your little "forward" argument- paranoia again. Must suck to be you ;)

Maybe if we could "forward" to about 2006, when Bush and the GOP congress was managing a robust economy, including locally. When unemployment nationwide was less that 5% and nearly anyone that wanted a job had one and the classified ads were full of ads soliciting for help.

Yep, after 4 years of Democratic control in the congress and the WH, the big question again is, "Are you better off now than in 2006?" Yes I said 4 years. Going on 4 of Obama and 4 in the congress since 2008, but we still have that chain and ball senate with Reid as leader dragging us.

And the irony was that the wars were touted as a reason to get rid of Bush and any war mongering GOP. So now the left is bragging about......more war? Obama and Osama, Obama and Gaddafi, and now more commitment to Afghanistan. If a GOP POTUS had done that, the left and the liberal media would be screaming.

Way to go with your proof that there are soooo many illegals still working here! You can't even back up your statement by outing even ONE company? Wow. I guess you are correct:
"If people are dishonest, it's OK as long as YOUR point of view wins in the end. - right?"

is not considered a reliable source as anyone can make edits. People are cautioned against citing wikipedia for that reason. However, it is still often used as it is convenient to do so. I have myself referred to it on occasion, when I was fairly certain that the information was accurate.

Feel free to call Coastal Connections and ask them about the legal status of their temps, and then hire one and see what comes down the pipe. I have had to stop using them altogether because every employee they sent to us was an illegal and had no issue in telling you about it.

Mediamatters RH? You are actually using them as a source??
Wow, talk about desperate. Heck, Wiki looks like a credible reference compared to MM. I guess you had to dig deep to find a source that thinks the same as you do regarding altering information on a website to cover for the President.
Doesn't surprise me.

And Missy, what is "paranoid" about telling the truth? The Left does everything they can to cover for this President. Obviously Wiki's website is no different. Nothing paranoid about being concerned for your nations future Missy. The site DID change the information on behalf of Obama. It isn't something that someone made up - they did it because THAT'S what the left does (they lie). They HAVE to because nobody would vote for them if they told people the truth about what they wanted to do to the country.

About the economy, girl, it is YOU that needs to "face it". You have obviously fallen for the liberal trap that they have been setting in order to get people to believe that things just aren't going to be like they used to be - especially economy wise. That we should GET USE to high energy prices, higher prices on our goods and services, and higher taxes, because that's just the way things are now.
That's the way things are under THIS administration - but it isn't the way things HAVE to be.
Hey, if you want to think that 10% unemployment is the new "norm", you go right ahead girl. I on the other hand, think that this country can do better.
MUCH better.

And what's with your comment about being "dishonest" there at the end of your post? Are you calling me dishonest Missy? Are you suggesting there AREN'T illegals working in these parts?
Hey, if you're THAT ignorant my dear, then there isn't anything I could say or do to persuade you to think otherwise anyway.
So again, why should I bother.
Besides, if I start outing companies, someone may come here and flag me as "offensive" and I could be banned like our other friend was. ;-)
Or is that what you want??? Hmmmm..

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